GrayKnight

Tedious and unconvincing

Revisado: 10-01-24

There is absolutely nothing Sherlockian about this. It sounds as if it were written by 14-year-olds who watched a bad Holmes movie and decided to write another.

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The last two were just tedious

Revisado: 09-02-24

I've enjoyed all of the books in this series until these. The narration has always been a little amateurish, but the plots have been clever enough to keep me buying the next one. I'm not sure I'll keep going, because in the last two I kept waiting for something interesting or unexpected to happen, and nothing of either kind did. Too bad. I really like the dog.

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A perfect example of the idiot plot.

Revisado: 08-11-24

First of all the narrator's performance was very much up to her usual standard of excellence. As to the stories, I've mostly enjoyed the series up until now, but this one in particular was just tedious. One would think that if the heroine were smart enough to figure out the mystery, she'd be too smart to get into such predictable trouble at the end. I may listen to the next book, but if it's no better than this one I think I'm done with them.

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Life is too short

Revisado: 04-22-24

Maybe it's unreasonable, but I sort of expect books labeled as thrillers to be -- well, thrilling. After listening to a couple of hours of the first volume, the only adjective that comes to mind is tedious. The plot is formulaic, the writing merely adequate. I suspect the narrator is pretty good when he has something to work with, but this isn't it.

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Lovely prose, soporific narration

Revisado: 04-15-24

I think most fly fishers would agree that fly fishing is exciting, and Coggins' skillfully crafted prose conveys that excitement. Unfortunately the narrator sounds as if he's been sedated. My advice would be to read the printed book.

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Tedious

Revisado: 04-15-24

From reading the descriptions, this sounded like an interesting fantasy series. It is, instead, a tiresome pseudo-Victorian bodice-ripper. If I hadn't got it on a 2-for-1 I'd return it.

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A fascinating account made almost boring by Virtual Voice

Revisado: 03-03-24

I was alive at the time of the Kennedy assassination and thought at the time that the one with the most to gain from JFK's death was Lyndon Johnson. Obviously, others have come to the same conclusion over time, and this book introduced hitherto unknown participants in the plot, all with ties to LBJ. The story of the authors' research would have been riveting had it not been for the Virtual Voice narration. Yeah, I know Audible can make a lot more books available cheaper with VV but, like all bad human narrators, VV can make a book that's worth reading painful to listen to. This and, I suspect, many other books deserve better.

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Wa-a-ay too long

Revisado: 12-13-23

I really enjoyed the first book in the series, and think the second was OK. Both were a good deal longer than they needed to be. Doucette writes like someone talking who *really* enjoys the sound of his own voice. this book was a waste of 14 hours and 41 minutes out of my life that I'll never get back. If a really good editor had got hold of all three books and cut out all of the extraneous stuff, the result could have been one pretty entertaining story. Too bad that didn't happen.

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Interesting concept, but that's about all

Revisado: 02-04-23

After reading all of the reviews that described this book as a real page-turner, I was happy to see it show up as a daily deal. Unfortunately, the only reason I could find to turn the pages was to get it over with, and I couldn't even do that. The premise has potential, which is why I gave the story two stars. But the writing is formulaic and flat, and so are the characters. I think the narrator did his best with what he had to work with, but overall I just got bored, decided I didn't care what happened, and stopped listening in the middle.

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I'd give three-quarters of it five stars

Revisado: 09-08-22

First the good part. King is an absolute master at creating vivid characters, both good and evil. As usual with King, the book begins with real-world situations that are completely believable and absorbing. King is also a talented and meticulous writer. Anyone who can write 600 pages with only a couple of grammatical errors is practically a miracle worker in this day and age. Numrich's narration is superb.

All that said, after listening to half of the book I skipped over something like the next five hours because the plot was becoming so predictable. This was confirmed when I resumed listening to find no surprises whatsoever.

There are a number of Stephen King books to which I've happily listened several times. Fairy Tale isn't one of those. I won't say it was a waste of 18+ hours -- good writing is always a pleasure -- but I'll be hoping for better next time.

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